Education in GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024

502 indicators covering education for GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 49.0% 2024 up 25.0% 155th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.0% 2024 191st
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.0% 2024 197th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 down 0.0% 31st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 58.6% 2024 up 12.6% 178th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 down 0.0% 25th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 92.2% 2024 down 0.4% 33rd
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.0% 2024 192nd
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 7.8% 2024 up 5.2% 189th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 10.99 million 2025 down 21.3% 16th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 19.6% 2025 down 24.3% 9th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 89.9% 2024 down 1.6% 33rd
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 94.6% 2024 up 0.7% 27th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 10.1% 2024 up 16.6% 189th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 5.4% 2024 down 10.3% 195th
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 983,680 2024 up 29.6% 141st
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 302,743 2024 up 0.6% 122nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 96,438 2023 up 339.9% 49th
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.66 million 2024 up 224.8% 83rd
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 10.8% 2025 down 14.1% 41st
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 370,199 2024 up 78.0% 133rd
Teachers in lower secondary education, female 566,687 2024 up 49.5% 135th
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 57.6% 2024 up 15.4% 100th
Teachers in lower secondary education, male 416,992 2024 up 9.7% 151st
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 48.4% 2024 up 49.9% 118th
Teachers in upper secondary education, female 802,937 2024 up 386.9% 85th
Teachers in upper secondary education, male 854,925 2024 up 147.4% 95th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9607 GPIA 2024 up 5.2% 160th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 57.4% 2024 up 15.7% 175th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 59.7% 2024 up 9.9% 185th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 13,377 2023 up 714.2% 65th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 161,794 2023 up 187.6% 131st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 24,612 2023 up 592.9% 157th
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 389,225 2023 up 167.2% 130th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.2% 2023 up 296.1% 20th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 49,003 2024 up 47.5% 166th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 19,344 2024 up 75.8% 166th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male 29,658 2024 up 33.4% 166th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 632.6% 60th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 524.2% 172nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.3% 2023 up 159.0% 158th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.8% 2023 up 140.5% 147th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 36,137 2023 up 83.0% 30th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 158,847 2024 down 40.3% 197th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female 101,683 2024 down 8.7% 187th
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 570,635 2024 up 22.1% 104th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male 57,164 2024 down 63.0% 201st
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 199,667 2024 up 50.2% 137th
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 370,968 2024 up 10.9% 92nd
Out-of-school children of primary school age, female 5.81 million 2025 down 22.8% 16th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, male 5.18 million 2025 down 19.5% 17th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 21.2% 2025 down 25.9% 8th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 18.0% 2025 down 22.7% 9th
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 8,943 2023 up 79.0% 205th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 64.8% 12th
Inbound mobility rate, both sexes (UIS estimate) 0.1% 2023 up 9.0% 208th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 226 2023 down 80.8% 192nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 261 2023 down 78.8% 195th
School age population, early childhood educational development 5,762 2024 down 99.9% 177th
School age population, early childhood educational development 6,351 2024 down 99.9% 177th